PHLB09H3 Study Guide - Final Guide: Embryo Transfer, Fetus, Surrogacy
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They said if it is a person, its murder: killing innocent persons is wrong, the unborn is an innocent person, therefore, wrong to kill an unborn baby. They said if its not a person, its not murder but the woman"s right to her: objection: equivocation- (cid:498)person(cid:499) means something different in. (cid:498)abortion is wrong for the same reason that murder is wrong; it deprives persons of a future they were entitled to(cid:499: mary anne warren said theres 5 traits of personhood. Moderate views: do not appeal to personhood, eg. (cid:498)assuming that a fetus is a person, this still does not entail that a woman should carry the fetus to term(cid:499) her body; this right is trumped by the fetus"s right to. P1: every person has a right to life. P2: the fetus has a right to life. P3: the woman has a right to make decisions about. A woman has consented to the risk, she should take responsibility.
